Fan loses $1.4 million after betting on Chargers in wild-card collapse vs. Jaguars
Not all wagers that were placed over Super Wild Card Weekend had positive returns, and one bettor made headlines for finding that out the hard way.
Action Network's Darren Rovell reported over the weekend that one unlucky bettor placed a $1.4 million in-game bet at DraftKings on the Los Angeles Chargers to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars while the Bolts had a 27-0 lead. The Jaguars then came back to win the game 31-30, leaving said bettor with a very large hole in his wallet.
The bad bet was sealed after Jaguars kicker Riley Patterson stuck a 36-yard field goal, erasing a first half in which Jacksonville had five turnovers. The Chargers' ultimate demise was the second-biggest blown lead in NFL playoff history, behind only to the Buffalo Bills rallying for 33 points to overcome a 32-point deficit to defeat the Houston Oilers in "The Comeback" in 1992.
Jacksonville will now prep to face the AFC-leading Kansas City Chiefs while Los Angeles starts what will be a long offseason of thinking about what went wrong on wild-card weekend … just like the bettor who made a very costly decision.
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